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WAR CLOUDS GATHERING.

CHIANG'S TROOPS MOVING SOUTH.

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PEACE MAINTENANCE CORPS DEFEATED.

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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.

KAI TACK GRANT. LABOUR CONDITIONS HONG KONG STOCK

IN HONG KONG.

MARKET.

APPROVED BY LEGISLATIVE

COUNCIL.

NEW BILL INTRODUCED,

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The following motion, was prɔ. CANTON, May 14:

posed by the Hon. Colonial Secre It is learned from military The 4th Regiment of the Peace (tury at a meeting of the Legislative sources that Generala Chang Fac | Maintenance Corps of Kwangtung, †Council yesterday. It was secondes Fai, Pei Chung Hsi and Li Taung first organized by General Chen by the Hon. Colonial Treasurer and Jun, leaders of the Kwangsi-"Iron- Ming Shu and explained by Gon- was approved ( --- side"

coalition, are coming toeral Au Yang Kui, which WON "That this Council approves of Canton, in response to the call of stationed in Whampoa, tied the expenditure in the year 1993 and was dianymed by General Chen General Chen Tani Tong, for Thai Tong jurt before sunrise this from the surplus balances of the military conference to put the morning, *after exchange of Colony of the sum of 8492,783, in finishing touches to the anti-NR-volleys.

respect of the construction of the This regiment as well as the 1st Ka Tak Aerodrome, | Rich king campaign,

2nd and 3rd refused to submit to These Kwangsi leaders are ex the orders of General Chen Isai being recoverable from the first pected to be in Canton in time to Ting, who wanted to reorganize it. instalment of the contribution made take part in the anti-Chiang Kai They had remained loyal to Gun-hy the Imperial Government.

Feral Cheri Ming Shu, and conse- Shek demonstration and parade quently, Chiang Kai shek. It was There were present at the meet. which will take place Saturday,tural that General Chen Tuaiing:-

Tong could not and would not May 10.

His Excellency the Governor (Sit. staud for this,

Yesterday the Master of the Can-William Peel, K.C.M.G., K.B.E.). ton situatina, zont a representative The Officer Commanding the to Whampoa to demand their Troopa, · Cal, C. R. . Sevile, submission. Four gunboats with Marines 20 board were niso sent.S.Q., Q.B.E. there to keep a close watch on the apparently defective regiment. Yet, force and superior pressure, the notwithstanding this overwhelming

regiment showed no signs of yield ing. The only alternative for the leaders of the Canlon revolt was te disarm them by force.

Falling the formation of the Canton Kwangsi coalition against Nanking, General Chen Tani Tong has long been wanting to have conference with the leaders in 'Kwangei to decide upon methods of procedure in the prosecution of a war" "against the Central Govern nant. It is the desire of the Cuntah - Comeander-in-Chief that

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there should be no more enmity At dawn this morning after sharp between the two

Kwangs; in | fighting they were disarmed. The the revult against Nanking. canalies suffered by both sides are

It has been pointed out that. unless the military forces of the two Kwangs are united, the chances of ousting Chiang Kai Shok are slight indeed.

Movement of Troops. Reports are current in Canton that Kwangsi troops are pouring inte Kwangtung in large numbers through Siwani, Lawbow and Lingiị shan along the northern parts of the Proviner on their way to south tern Hugha and Kiangsi, towards which-Chiang Kai Shek's trusted

not yet known.

The fighting has inspired the public with fear, and the value of the Government banknotes dropped from 08 to 74 per cent, in reaction to the situation.

Later Massage.

(Wah Te Yat Pan.)

CANTON, May 14. The latest alesange to hand states that fighting was still going on al noon, zo-day but it is believed that no success has been gained on the part of the Canton Government forces which are in overwhelming odds against their enemy.

"Fatshan" Delayed,

The Hong Kong-Canton steamer

The Colonial Secretary (Hon. Mr. W. T. Southorn, Q.M.G.).

The Attorney Generál (Han, Mr. C. C, Alabaster, K.C., O.B,E,),

The Secretary for Chinese Affairs (Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, C.M,G.).

The Colonial Treasurer (Hon Mr. E. Taylor). /

Hon. Mr. H. T. Creasy, C.B.E. Director of Public Works).

Hoh, Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, C.M.0 Inspector General of Police), Hon. Dr. W. B. R. Moore. Hon. Sir Shonson Chow, Kt.. Hou, Mr. W, ‚E. L. Shenton, Hon, Mr. C. GS. Mackic. Hon. Mr. J. P. Braga. Hon, Mr. S. W. To, O.B.E.. LID

Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson, Mr. N. L. Smith (Deputy Clerk of Councils).

Motion Explained. In proposing the motion, Hon."

forces are moving. At first they decided to march into Hanan Fatsha, which should have left Mr. Shouthorn said:- through Kwailin and Chunehow, Canton for Hong Kong this morn- bat later gave up this iden ining, was compelled to postpone her cil approved, as will be within the

On September 23, 1820, this Coun-

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COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW | CROUCHER & CO.'S DAILY

BY S.C.A.

EFFECT OF NEW CHINESE TARIFFS,

An interesting review of labour conditions in the Colony during 1930 is contained in the report of the Secretary for Chinese Affairs which has just been published. The report states inter döin :---

The year 19:30 saw a cortain in: | crease in the number of labour, dis- putes, details of which are given below. It remains true that most

REPORT.

A recrudescence of strong buying in all the speculative counters, both for enal and forward delivery, marked the day's trading.

Investment stocks were for the most part neglected, shares being unobtainable at quoted rates. --

Wharves are up half a point at $183.50 and Providents changed hands at $5.85,"

Humphreys are waited at 817.25. Lands eased to 800.76.

Movements in Utilitica were chief- of the guilds arå Banneilly embarly confined to China Lights which rassed, thobard times through which closed frm at $20.50, buyers for | the workers of the Colony are pass- June and 820.00 cash.

ing having eased anbscriptions to | fáll into arrears. -

A great proportion of the workers in Hong Kong are paid on a piece. work basis, and such categorics as regular and casual workers are | hurdly applicable. Lo conditions in many trades here, where men are | engaged and rewarded by curiously

complicated systems,

Lower Wages,

Wages have, so far as can be seen, tended downward, trade hay- ing been had for the whole of the period under review. This fact, to- 8ether with the increasing price. of commodities consequent on the low exchange value of the dollar, was the cause of the more serious labour disputes; though the price of the cheaper grades of rice, the staple of the lowest puid section of the

Green Island Cements came into request in the morning at $10.30 cash $20 August, and soon improved to $10.00 cash 820 July, largo quantities changing hands at these rates. The undertone is firm.

After the previous day's heavy, dealings in Hotels, a slight renction was expected but renewed buying again raised the market into new high ground, closing at 318 July and $17.00 caah.

Watsons are better at $14.

Bopas changed hands at the im- proved rate of 821.10, and Lane, Crawfords were shot nacross the table at 86.50, -

Underwriters, after opening, at 83.50 cash 85,75 was bid and

finaliy shares were changing hands $5.00 without inducing many sellers.

population, has not increased in These two measures mark an im proportion to other emmodities. portant step forward in local indus There has been no appreciable

trial legislation. movement in house renta.

That there has been much onem. ployment, especially among unskill ed workers, is certain. It has prob- ably been greater than in the im- mediately preceding years, but figures are impossible to obtain, fnet is due to the condition of the 'Colony, and how fur to the distraet ed state of the interior,

Seven prosecutions were institut- ed during the year under the Indus- trial Employment of Women and Children Ordinance. Five of these were brought by this department against Chinese factory owners for working women at night: two were

keepers for compelling children to carry unduly heavy loads.

Convie- tions were obtained in each crao with fines ranging from twenty-five to fifty dollars.

preference to the much shorter and sailing until o'clock this niter-rocollection of honourable members, and it is even doubtful how far the Police cases against Chinese shop-

ensier route through northern

Kwangtung. These Kwangsi troops will not eas to Canton in accord- ance 'with the terms of the agree mal. Kwangtung will be left to the Cantonese under General Chen Tsai Tong:

It

noon.

STOWAWAY. IN COURT.

TO BE SENT BACK TO SHANGHAI

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the construction of the Kni Tuk Aerodrome at an estimated cost of $1,080,467, uxohisive of contribu- tions from His Majesty's Govern ment; and at the samo time authorized the mum of $1,050,289.71 of that amount to be charged to the Public Works (1927) Loap and to

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Trade Duli.

Tower Accidents,

The total number of accidents in

Trade continued duil throughout the year and most of the factories factories was 75 of which were in the Colony worked at much below fatal, as compared with 86 (8 fatal) their full capacity. The knitting fac for the preceding year. The majority of necidents occurred in shipbuild- tories-making hosiery and cottoning yards and were chiefly due to underwear-are the largest employ-falls from staging or into skipa era of women and girls and the holds. Only one accident concern. number of these factories is increas. change from former years, when be

ed a woman, this being a welcome ing. Perfumery, confectionery and fore the fencing of machinery was cigarette factories also afford light made compulsory, scolping accidenta and congenial employment to large amongst women in factories were

frequent. unbera of women. The number of

At the request of the Empire Can- children employed shows no tenning Council an investigation was made into the canning industry in

Military Strength to be Increased.

General Chen Tai Tong is mak-

expended from loan funds duc ing preparations to increaed his A CANADIAN MISSING, ng the financial year 1999. Simui military strength from three to

taneously an advance from the sur. mix divisions, He has dispatched

Edward Yaroms, a Latvian, was plus balances of the Colony of the. large number of his subordinates Produced before Mr. E. W. Hamil sum of $78,111.17 was authorized in

ton at Kowloon yesterday on te the outlying and remote districts | charge of atowing away from respect of the financial year-1099. of Kwangtung to get now recruits Shanghai on the Jardine steamer The Imperial grant of £10,000,

Fooshing. for his armies, no limit being al-

It was stated in court that theealising £002,783, was spent in the stached to the number of men wanted agents of the ship had undertaken year 1928 but was not actually for military service. The Comto send him back North on the brought to account until January

ander-in-Chief has also ordered opsang, which was due to sail on 1020. The Resolution which I am dency to increase. With trade in an this Colony and the possibilities of various district magistrates to hire His Worship remarked that it about to propose is therefore neres ay many coolies as possible to carry would be of no use keeping the Jaary in order to legalize the ex- sar supplies for the different defendant in gnol and accordingly penditure of the equivalent of that orderes him to he kept in the aries. These coolics are to be custody of the police until the de contribution which, so far as the sent to the Military Headquartersparture of the ship. in Canton to be disposed of. Each magistrate is requested to get no less than 300 and as many more us

- can.

Monday

Warrant for Canadian's Arrest.

A warrant for the arrest of Henry Lee, who slowed away re- gently on board the s. Bremer haven from Hong Kong to Rabaut,

year 1028 is concerned, is in excess of the sum authorized by the September 1920 Resolution.

New Bill

The Hon. Attorney General

was issued by Mr. Hamilton yeater moved the first reading of a "Bill day when the defendant failed to te amend the law relating to the appear before the Court.

Registration of Births and Deatha,"

With the approach of civil war, the Canton authorities are again resorting to rigid precautionary mensurg. Search for illicit fire arms and contraband of war is

The defendant, who had been at constantly going on in the streets

The commander of Fort lawed out on bail, of Canton,

In doing so, he said:-" As ex the prospect Hoces Tigris, General Chen Hing of securing employment or after.plained in the memorandum of Wan, has been ordured to search any natively of arrangements being ship showing the slightest suspicion nde for his repatriation to Cana this Bill is two fold. The first is 'Objects and Reasons,' the object of passing, the fort on its way to Can-da, was to have appeared on re ton or any other city in the interiormand this morning, but when the to transfer from the Sanitary in of Kwangtung. This is a necessary case was called it was stated by the Medical Department the duty: adjunct to the protection of Kwang Sargt, Pearson that urt himself at ef registration of births and deaths tunk. according to the local mili-had even failed to report himself at Lary authorities, as Chiang Kai tho Passports Office on Wednesday, and the second is to enable pro- Shek has commandeered a large as he had been requested to do. number of ships in Shanghai for Three Chinesee who stowed away transportation of troops and sap on board the s.s. Norviken from plies to the South to cope with the Singapore wore each sentenced gituation.

six weeks' hard labour.

PEOPLE'S CONVENTION "AND CANTON,

(Wah Taz Fat Pac.)

NANKING, May 14. In dealing with the Canton "affair" the following resolution,

DEATH OF REV. BRO. SYLVESTER.

FORMERLY DIRECTOR OF ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE.

visions to be made of giving early information to the American Con- aul of deaths of United States citizens. The Bill also provides for uniform fee of 85 being paid in the case of late registration of « birth.

The Bill was, seconded by the Hon. Colonial Secretary and pass ed its first reading.

The

- Other Bills, following Hilla

passed

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almost stagnant condition there no need to engage new hands, but should trades improve it is to be ex. pected that children would again be taken on as learners. The num ber of children regularly employed in factories does not exceed 100. These are mostly working in knit- ting factories. No European firms employ children under the age of fifteen years,

Factory Regulations.

The regulations governing the at night were strengthened during the year employment of women

by further limiting the hours of cm- ployment. Night work, ie., be- is now prohibited for women and tween the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m,

all young persons under the age of eighteen years." This measure did not meet with the approval of certain Chinose owners of knitting factorics who petitioned the Gov- ernment asking that the regulation be relaxed to allow night work in these factories when thought neces sary. They claimed that owing to slackness of trade they were unable to maintain a steady output and the incertainties of exchange made it

its expansion on the lines of a ques tionnaire sent out by the Council. Hong Kong posscsacs a small trade in canned goods but caters chiefly for the native market. Any attempt to extend the industry could succeed only if accompanied by modern methods of production and certified standards of quality and purity. The information gathered during the enquiry was forwarded to the Can- ning Council for their considera. tion

The import taxes recently im posed by the Government of China may, temporarily at least, have n detrimental effect on soms of the local industries which formerly de pended on tire China market. Goods. manufactured in Hong Kong are classed as foreign goods and taxed Accordingly. This has practically closed the China trade to local to seek markets elsewhere, notably manufacturers and compelled them

in the Straite Settlements and tho Dutch East Indios. It is too early yet to say what permanent effect. the new Chinese tariff will have on fumery factory owned by a large Hong Kong industries, but one per- Chinese department store, las buen transferred to Shanghai leaving only fifty persons working here instead of 400 as formerly.

proposed by a number of oversea College will learn with regret of the through their second and third impossible for them to keep a large interesting innovation is the open-

Chinese delegaten, was passed at to-day's plenary session of the People's Convention:.

The Resolution.

The Old Boys of St. Joseph'a leath of Hev, Bro. Sylvester, Director of the College from 1904 tá readings:-

1005.

Now Factories. Now factories started during the past year include a branch of a well-known cigarette firm, a lead pencil works, and a shipyard, all under European supervision. An

stocks of goods on hand. Over- | ing of a factory under joint Chinese time and night work were, there- Japanese management for the manu- facture of gramophone records. A fore, necessary to enable them to large coal briquetting plant com. copo with orders as they were re-menced operations during the year ived. The polition was not grant and a brewery is in course of for- mation. Thus this industriufiantion edAnother change effected during of the Colony 18 steadily proced "A Bill to amend the Vaccinate year was that the minimum ageing in spite of the general trade do

for admission of children to factories prossion, and with a tion Ordinance, 1023,”

normal conditions Hong Kong, may was raised from 10 to 12 years. expect its share of the trade revival A Bill to amend the Legal Prac titioners Ordinance, 1871.

+(Continued on nezí Column.) that should follow,

"A Bill to amend the law reint The deconsed Brother taught in ing to Bankrupter." "The People's Convention will several of the Brothers' Colleges in wire to General Chen Taai Tong England and spout the last two

"A Bill to amend further the

drawing his attention to the Kuo sears of his active career in the Marchant Shipping Ordinance

mintang party disciplines whereby Brothers Industrial School, Edin 1999, 7 political differences should be burghi “At the beginning of the pro straightened through the party mnt year, owing to failing health, organ. "Moreover, 'à military man bo was transferred to the House of would be over-stepping his duties Retreat, Queen's Co., Ireland,

where he passed away.

if he interfores in policies."

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